Papyrus Bremner-Rhind (pBM 10188)

sḫm Ḥw,t-Ḥr m sbjw.pl n jt[j] =s m rn =s pfy n Sḫm,t

Hathor has power over her father's rebels in that name of hers, Sekhmet.

ḥꜣ,t-ꜥ-m mḏꜣ,t-n,t-sḫr-ꜥꜣpp ḫft-n-Rꜥw ḫft-n-Wn-nfr-ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb]mꜣꜥ-ḫrw jri̯{n} n pr Jmn-Rꜥw nb-ns,t-tꜣ.du.pl ḫnt,j-Jpj-s,t.pl m-ẖr,t-hrw n,d rꜥw-nb

Beginning of the Book of Overthrowing Apophis, the enemy of Ra, the enemy of Wennefer, may he live, prosper and be healthy, justified, made for the temple of Amun-Ra, lord of the thrones of the Two Lands, foremost of Ipet-sut, as the daily requirement of every day.

Rʾ-n-pgꜣs-r-ꜥꜣpp

Spell for spitting on Apophis.

ḏd-mdw.pl dp =k ꜥꜣpp sp 4

Words to be spoken: Taste, Apophis! Four times.

ḏd.tw rʾ pn ḥr ꜥꜣpp sẖꜣww ḥr šww n mꜣw m ry wꜣḏ ḥnꜥ jrw ꜥꜣpp m mnḥ mtn.w rn =f ḥr =f m ry wꜣḏ rdi̯.t jw sḏ,t

This spell is to be said over an Apophis drawn on a new sheet of papyrus in green ink, and a figure of Apophis of wax with his name marked on him in green ink, put to the fire.

ꜣmm =f ḫft Rꜥw di̯ =f sw m dwꜣ,w m ꜥḥꜥ mj,tt m mšr,w ḫft Rꜥw ḥtp =f m ꜥnḫ,t jw wnw,t 6 n,t grḥ jw wnw,t 8.t n,t hrw r pḥ rwhꜣ nfr,yt-r wnw,t nb.t n,t hrw n,t grḥ m psḏn,t[jw] m hrw m [tp]-ꜣbd m 6,nt 15,nt mj,tt rꜥw-nb

He is to be burned when Ra shows himself at dawn, at noon likewise, in the evening when Ra sets in the Land of Life, at the sixth hour of the night, at the eighth hour of the day, until evening comes, and indeed every hour of the day and of the night, at the new-moon festival, by day, at the first-of-the-month festival, at the sixth-day festival and the fifteenth-day festival, likewise every day.

sḫr ꜥꜣpp m wn-mꜣꜥ snwḫt pw m ḫ,t n,t ḫsꜣ,w rdi̯.t sp.pl =f r ẖꜥꜥ ẖr wsš smn m {ḫ,t}[[j]ḫ,t] wꜥ.t

Overthrowing Apophis truly: it is burning [him] in a fire of ḫsꜣw, putting his remains into a ẖꜥꜥ with urine, fixed together as one mass.

jrw.ḫr =k mj,tt nn jw wnw,t 6 n,t grḥ jw wnw,t 8.t n,t hrw rdi̯.t ꜥꜣpp r sḏ,t pgꜣjs ḥr =f ꜥšꜣ sp-2 m ḥꜣ,t wnw,t nb.t n,t hrw nfr,yt-r pẖr-šw,t

You shall do the same at the sixth hour of the night and at the eighth hour of the day: putting Apophis into the fire, spitting on him many, many times at the beginning of every hour of the day until the shadow turns.

jr-m-ḫt nn wnw,t 6 n,t hrw rdi̯.ḫr =k ꜥꜣpp jw sḏ,t pgꜣjs ḥr =f sjn =[f] m rd =k jꜣb,j ḫsf hmhm,tj n{d}ḥꜣw-ḥr

After this, at the sixth hour of the day, you shall put Apophis into the fire, spitting on him, rubbing [him] out with your left foot, repelling the Roarer and Terrible-of-Face.

nḥm =f pw m-ꜥ [j]ḫ,t-nb.t ⸌bjn⸍ ḏw m wn-mꜣꜥ

It is his rescue from every bad and evil thing, truly.

jw mꜣꜣ.n =j [jw] ḫpr m-ꜥ =j

I have seen [it]; it came about through me.

mḏꜣ,t-tp,j-n,t-sḫr-ꜥꜣpp-ḫft-n,w-Rꜥw

The first book of overthrowing Apophis, the enemy of Ra.

ḏd-mdw.pl ḫr ḥr ḥr =k ꜥꜣpp ḫft pfj n Rꜥw

Words to be spoken: Fall on your face, Apophis, that enemy of Ra!

ḥmi̯ ḥꜣ =k ḫr,y sbjw jw,tj ꜥ.du.ṱ =f jw,tj rd.du =f

Retreat backwards, fallen one, rebel, who has no arms, who has no legs!

js jri̯.n =k ḫft[.pl] nb n,w Rꜥw ḫft[.pl] nb n,w Pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s[nb] m m[w]t m ꜥnḫ ḥnꜥ srḫ,y.pl nb n,tj m jb =f rn[.pl] n jt[j][.pl] =sn mw,t.pl =sn ms.pl =sn m ꜣb,t nb sẖꜣ.w m ry wꜣḏ ḥr šww n mꜣw mtn rn[.pl] =sn ḥr šnb,t =sn jrw m mnḥ mj,tt snḥ.w m šn[.pl] n,t mn,w[.pl] km pꜣgjs ḥr =sn sjn m rd jꜣb,j sḫr m mꜥbꜣ m ds rdi̯ ḥr ḫ,t m mn,t n,t ḥmtjw.pl

Now you are to make all the enemies of Ra and all the enemies of Pharaoh, may he live, prosper and be healthy, dead or living, and every accuser who is in his heart, [with] the names of their fathers, their mothers and their children, of every family, written in green ink on a new sheet of papyrus, their names marked on their breasts; made of wax likewise, bound with cords of black mnw; spat upon, rubbed out with the left foot, felled with spear and knife, put on the fire in the furnace(?) of the coppersmiths.

jꜣhꜣ.w jb =k ḥꜥ,w =k m gm,ṱ

Your heart is troubled(?), your body is in grief(?);

jw =k sjꜣt.ṱ nn-wn pri̯ =k

you are cut short, there is no going forth for you;

jw =k wḏ.ṱ n jm,jw.pl-nm,t Mnḥ.w[.pl] spd ds snj =sn tp =k

you are assigned to those who are in the slaughterhouse, the Menhu, sharp of knife, that they may sever(?) your head;

jw =sn nḥb,t =k

they are [at] your neck;

jry =sn tw m-whm sp 2

they deal with you again and again;

hꜣi̯ =sn tw r sḏ,t dndn.ṱ

they bring you down into the raging fire.

ḏd-mdw nb-r-ḏr ḏd =f m-ḫt ḫpr =f jnk pw ḫpr m Ḫpr,j

Words spoken by the Lord of All, which he said after he came into being: It is I who came into being as Khepri.

nn ḫpr p,t

The sky had not come into being,

nn ḫpr tꜣ

the earth had not come into being,

nn qmꜣ sꜣtꜣ ḏdf,t.pl m b[w] pwy

snakes and creeping things had not been created in that place.

ṯ[ꜣ]s.n =j jm =sn m nw,w m nnw

I bound [things] together from them in Nun, in inertness;

nn gmi̯.n =j b[w] ꜥḥꜥ.n =j jm

I had not found a place where I could stand.

ḏbꜣ.n =j jṯi̯ =s jm =s [s]pri̯.n =j m wꜣb.w.pl =[s]

I replaced what she had taken in it; I made [things] come forth from her roots(?).

qmꜣ.n =j ḏdf,t.pl nb.t ḫpr nb.t jm =sn

I created all creeping things and everything that came into being among them.

msi̯.jn Šw Djfn,t Gb Nw,t

Then Shu and Tefnut bore Geb and Nut.

msi̯.jn Gb Nw,t Wsjr Ḥr-ḫnt,j-n-jr,tj Stš ꜣs,t Nb,t-ḥw,t m ẖ,t wꜥ.t m-sꜣ wꜥ jm =sn

Then Geb and Nut bore Osiris, Horus-Khenty-en-irty, Seth, Isis and Nephthys from one womb, one after another of them.

msi̯ =sn ꜥšꜣ,t =sn m tꜣ pn

They bore their multitudes in this land.

snwḫt qs.pl =f

His bones are burned,

ꜥ,t.pl =f m sb-n-sḏ,t

his limbs are in the blaze(?) of the fire.

jw wṱ.n =[j] Ḥr jr =f

I have commanded Horus against him,

ꜥꜣ-pḥ,tj-m-ḥꜣ,t-wjꜣ-n-Rꜥw mtꜣ{t}.n =f sw [m] mtꜣ =f n bjꜣ

Great-of-Strength at the prow of the bark of Ra; he has pierced him with his lance of metal.

jrw =f ḥꜥ,w =f m dm wn

He makes his body into something pierced(?);

ḫsf =f [m] ꜣ,t =f m-ḫt ꜣd =f

he repels [him] at his onslaught(?), after he has raged;

di̯ =f qꜥw =f m ḥ[ꜣ],tj =f

he makes him vomit [what is] in his heart.

jsk sẖꜣw.n =k nn r{ʾ}n [n] sḫ,ty.pl nb sḫ,ty.pl nb snd jb =k r =sn m ḫft nb n Pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] m mwt m ꜥnḫ rn n jt[j][.pl] =sn rn n{n} mw,t[.pl] =sn rn n ms.pl =[sn] m-ẖnw {n}[ṯ][ꜣ]s,t rdi̯.t n jr,w m mnḥ rdi̯.t ḥr ḫ,t ḥr-sꜣ rn n ꜥꜣpp

Now you shall write these names of every sḫty, every sḫty of whom your heart is afraid, as every enemy of Pharaoh, may he live, prosper and be healthy, dead or living, the names of their fathers, the names of their mothers, the names of their children, inside a bundle(?), giving [them] to figures of wax, and putting [them] on the fire after the name of Apophis.

ḏd-mdw ḥr ꜥꜣpp jri̯ n mnḥ sẖꜣ.w rn =f ḥr =f m ry wꜣḏ ḥnꜥ jrw =f ḥr šww n mꜣw ḥnꜥ jr,w{rnn}[.pl] n ḫft[.pl] nb n Pr-ꜥꜣ [ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb]] m mwt m ꜥnḫ m mnḥ sẖꜣ.w rn{n}[.pl] =sn ḥr =sn m ry wꜣḏ snḥ.w m-ẖnw ṯꜣs,t

Words to be spoken over an Apophis made of wax, his name written on him in green ink, and his figure on a new sheet of papyrus, and figures of every enemy of Pharaoh, may he live, prosper and be healthy, dead or living, of wax, their names written on them in green ink, bound inside a bundle(?);

pgꜣjs ḥr =sn sjn [sn] m rd{.du} =k jꜣb,j

spit on them, rub them out with your left foot.

stj nm,t ꜥꜣ.t m jwf =k

The smell of the great slaughterhouse is in your flesh;

ḫnm =k ⸢m⸣ šꜥyd n nṯr-ꜥꜣ

you are joined(?) to the slaughter of the great god;

ḥkꜣw tw Srqy,t stnm =s tw

Serqet enchants you, she leads you astray.

{j:q}[ꜥḥ]ꜥ sp 2 ḫr.ṱ sp 2 m ḥkꜣ,w pn m rʾ =j

Halt, halt! You are fallen, fallen, by this magic in my mouth!

rdi̯ =[j] tw jw sḏ,t sḥtm{n} =s tw

I put you into the fire, that it may destroy you.

mḏꜣ,t-nb-r-ḏr rn =s

'The Book of the Lord of All' is its name.

jwi̯≡f-pw

It is finished.

nꜣ-rn.pl-n-ꜥꜣpp-n,tj-nn-wn≡sn

The names of Apophis, which shall not exist.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr mnšd

Apophis is fallen: Menshed.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ḏwḏw

Apophis is fallen: Djudju.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr [n]ḥꜣ-ḥr

Apophis is fallen: Terrible-of-Face.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr hmhm,dj

Apophis is fallen: the Roarer.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ḏw-qd

Apophis is fallen: Evil-of-Character.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr qrnr

Apophis is fallen: Qerner.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr yw~bꜣ~ny

Apophis is fallen: Yubani.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ꜥmꜣ

Apophis is fallen: Ama.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr wbꜣ-jdb.pl

Apophis is fallen: Opener-of-the-Banks.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr sjꜣ,d[j]-tꜣ

Apophis is fallen: Siadjta.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ḫrw,{wtj}[y]

Apophis is fallen: the Enemy.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr knm,tj

Apophis is fallen: the Dark One.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr štꜣ

Apophis is fallen: the Secret One.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr srm

Apophis is fallen: Serem.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr sḫm-ḥr

Apophis is fallen: Mighty-of-Face.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr wntj

Apophis is fallen: Wenti.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr krjw-mmtj

Apophis is fallen: Keriumemti.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ḫsf-ḥr

Apophis is fallen: Khesefher.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr sbꜣ-n-sbꜣ

Apophis is fallen: Sebaenseba.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ẖꜣk-jb

Apophis is fallen: Rebellious-of-Heart.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ḫꜣ~n~rʾ-ꜥꜣ ⸢ky-ḏd⸣ ⸢ḫꜣ~rw⸣

Apophis is fallen: Khanraa; variant: Kharu.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr nꜥy

Apophis is fallen: Nay.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ꜥm

Apophis is fallen: the Swallower.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr tw~rw~[ꜥꜣ]

Apophis is fallen: Turu[a].

ꜥꜣpp ḫr yw~bꜣ~[tʾ]

Apophis is fallen: Yuba[t].

ꜥꜣpp ḫr wꜣ,y

Apophis is fallen: Wai.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr ḫꜣ~rw~bw-ḏw

Apophis is fallen: Kharubu-the-Evil.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr sꜣ,w

Apophis is fallen: Sau.

ꜥꜣpp ḫr sbj

Apophis is fallen: the Rebel.

nꜣ sẖꜣ,ww.pl n tꜣ ṯs,t n,tj-jw =w jrw =w ḥr šww n mꜣw sḫr tw≡w rdi̯ ḥr sḏ,t

The drawings of the band, which are to be made on a new sheet of papyrus; they are felled and put on the fire.

jrw.ḫr =tw wꜥ ḥf jw sd =f m rʾ =⸢f⸣ ⸢ḥr⸣ =f r-ẖr mdn =f ḥr ꜣ,tj =f m-ḏd ꜥꜣpp ḫr bṯ

Then one makes a snake with its tail in its mouth, its face downward, its mdn on its back, saying: 'Apophis is fallen: Betj.'

jri̯ ky štꜣ-mdw.pl pw

Make another: it is Secret-of-Words(?).

jri̯{n.t} ky twt.pl n ḫft.pl 4 m ḥr n [ḥf] snḥ.w ntt ꜥ.du.{ṱ}[wj] =sn n-ḥꜣ =sn ms[.pl]-btš pw

Make another: figures of four enemies with the face of [a snake], bound and fettered, their arms behind them; they are the Children of Revolt.

⸢jri̯⸣ ⸢ky⸣ ḥf m ḥr n mꜣjw ḥr =f r-ẖr mdn =f m-ḏd hmhm,tj

Make another: a snake with the face of a lion, its face downward, its mdn saying: 'the Roarer'.